The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-07-15
An impartial Witness.

The Atlanta Constitution Is the
great newspaper Of Georgia and
one q the greatest il the South.
When the prohibition Of the Ii
quor traffic was submitted to the
people u Atlanta the Constitution
did not favor the measure. The
Law iriuinphed, however, and went
into effect After one year Of OBJ
seryaiion the Constitution is pre-
pared 70 note results. This it
does IN the remarkable article
which follows.
The article as il appeared on the
s,iit1rias page q ne, Constitution
If Tuesday June %, IS as follows:
PROHIBITION * ATLANTA.
The election at which prohibi-
tion was put on trial in this city is
entitled to a place among great
events. No election of local na-
ture was ever before held in city
Of sixty-thousand people in which
more was involved The changes
proposed by it were so radical as
70 be revolutionary. Over a hun
dred business houses were to be
closed Nearly 500 men were to
he forced to give up achosen en-
pioyment The city treasury was
70 be left with forty-thousand dol
lars less revenue. Trade amount
ing annually 10 millions was to be
turned away from the city. Many
large business hodses were to be
left unrented OF course, a move
ment proposing measures so radi-
cal met with the most spirited and
determined opposition. Many of
our best citizens regarded it with
outspoken dlsiaYor.
il Was said that prohibition in a
city so large as this was impracti-
cable, that ii would not prohibit,
that the trade would be injured,
that taxes would be increased, that
the stores in which the liquor bus
mess Was carried on would not be
rented for other purposes, that the
same amount Of whisky would be
drank with the law as without it, /
the city would only miss the reve-
nue., that II would be q death blow
- AsI~.-f-'s r-sn5-ess-
Il has now been eighteen months |
since the election, and II months
since the law went into effect. We
are prepared thus from observa-
ton TO note results:
Prohibition in this city does
prohibit The law is observed as
wei as the law against carrying
concealed weapons, gambling, |
theft and other offenses of like
character. II there had BEEN as
many people in favor of carrying
concealed weapons, theft, gambling
etc, as there we're in favor of the
retail Of ardent spirits, II months
ago, law against these things would
rot have been carried out as well
ar II was against the liquor trade.
In consideration of the small
majority with which prohibition
was carried, and the large numDe.
Of people who were opposed to
seeing II prohibit, the law has been
maryelously well observed.
Prohibition has not injured the
city financially. According to the |
assessors books property in the
city has increased over two million
dollars. Taxes have not been in
creased. Two streets in the city,
Decatur and Peters, were known
as liquor streets. 1t was hardly
considered proper for lady to
walk these streets without an es-
oort Now they are just as order
~ as any in the city. Property on
them has advanced from 10 to %
per cent The loss of forty thous-
and dollars revenue. consequent on
closing the saloons, has tended in
no degree to impede the city's pro-
gress in any direction. Large ap-
Preparations have been made to
the water-works, the public schools
the Piedmont Fair and other i'm
provemenfs. The business men
have raised 100000 TO build the
Atlanta and Hawklnsyille railroad. !
The number of city banks is to be
increased to five. The coming of
four new railroads has been settled |
during the year. Fifteen new
stores containing house-furnishing
goods have been started since pro
hibition went INTO effect These
are doing well More furniture
has been sold TO mechanics and Ia
boring men in the last II months
than in any u months during the
history of the city. The manufac-
turing establishments of the city
1 have received new life. A glass
factory has been built. A cotton
seed oil mill is being built worth
$4,000 All improvement com
NAMES with n basis in real estate